The role of toxic leadership styles in the escaping of talented ITexperts from cities administration

Sanja Gutić Martinčić

Апстракт

All business successful cities in the world are tryingto attract and retain talents. This directly affects theirrecognition, competitiveness and development. Escaping talents isone of the difficulties in developing cities today, especially intransition countries. Talents do not run out of cities just for longtermwaiting after graduation, non-motivating salaries, etc. butalso because of toxic leadership styles. The paper presents howmany different pathogens the management styles of employees incity administrations and public utilities operate on that escape.The study was carried out on a quotient representative sample (n= 50). The sample was made by young talents of completed ITdegree studies. The method of variance analysis and regressionanalysis was used. The results that have come out clearly showthat four toxic human leadership behaviors have the greatestimpact on the escape of these talents from cities. These are:narcissism, depression, aggression and emotional separation ofcity service leaders and public utility companies. The paperpresents a significant contribution to the management of careercareers and the management of human capital in cities.